Programming Models for Distributed Computation by Heather Miller and her students in CS7680 Special Topics in Computing Systems, a course at Northeastern University
Distributed Programming in Argus by B. Liskov
Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald by A.Black, N. Hutchinson, E. Jul, H. Levy, and L.Carter
The Linda alternative to message-passing systems by N.J. Carriero, D. Gelernter, T.G. Mattson, and A.H. Sherman
Scala Actors: Unifying thread-based and event-based programming by P. Haller and M. Odersky
Towards Haskell in the Cloud by J. Epstein, A.P. Black, and S.P. Jones
Lasp: A Language for Distributed, Coordination-Free Programming by C. Meiklejohn and P.V. Roy